Module Specifications..
Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024
Please note that this information is subject to change.
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Coursework Only An essay is to be resubmitted. |
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Description This module analyses what is at stake when sexual and gender identity performances and literacies collide with the migrancy process, and investigates how different factors may redefine the parameters of refugee populations’ self- sexual and gender appraisal. All sexualities are dealt with (heterosexual, homosexual and queer) ; all genders are discussed, from the perspectives of women studies, masculinity and queer studies. The module also looks at how front-line service providers and people dealing professionally with refugees approach this parameter of refugee integration. In so doing this module aims at • Providing practical markers for the understanding of the mechanism of sexual literacy and relationships during and post-transit, • Understanding the morphing narratives of cisgender, transgender and queer identities impacted by forced migrancy, • Evaluating the presence, role and impact of sexual matters in the integration process, • Elaborating on the nature of family and relationships interaction during and post-transit • Assessing the impact of post transit sexual interference and trauma where abuse, rape, trafficking, FGM, prostitution are re-defining the sexual identity of the refugee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. Further their understanding of the practicalities of effective sexual literacy interaction in any diasporic situation 2. Evaluate the presence, role and impact of sexual matters in this crisis 3. Develop an awareness of the sexual matters, markers and identifiers which have shaped the sexual identity and performance of the arrival population 4. Expand the required skills needed to interact effectively, ethically and professionally with the arrival population on sexual and gender matters 5. Identify communication priorities in managing a crisis situation related to sexuality and gender intimacy and trauma. 6. Develop and manage effective relationships with the diasporic population surrounding these matters 7. Deal effectively with impromptu matters raised by the diasporic population | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Identity 1The body as sexual space: who am I sexually upon arrival? How does a service provider deal with sexual identity and space?Identity 2Being a woman in the new space: What are the new parameters of motherhood, sisterhood, widowhood, or being a woman as a fully-fledged sexual being in a migratory situation?Identity 3Space as a challenge to masculinity: What are the new parameters of masculinity, brotherhood, sexual male identity in the fluid space of migrancy?Problems and Challenges 1Generating a space to access and provide sexual services: How do we deal culturally with body issues, and medical queries: sanitary issues, pregnancy, STI, HIV and AIDS.Problems and Challenges 2Families, space and sex: What role does “family” as a concept play? How to address the different family structures in a migrant situation?Problems and Challenges 3Violence, trauma, transitional spaces and sexualities: How do address sexual interference post-transit? How to articulate sexual trauma ?Problems and Challenges 4Transactional Sex and Spaces: How to deal with sex-trafficking, child-brides, prostitution?Integration 1Relationships, space and sex: Dealing with new sexual relationships in a new space. How to carry the baggage of the past?Integration 2LG and coming out in the new space : How to deal with homosexuality in the new space?Integration 3Non-binary and the new-space: MSM, She-males, Katoi matters in Western situations? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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